The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-30
MOST FOUND GUILTY.
Motion for a New Trial to be
Argued Monday.
C0MMUNlSTIC ANARCHIST.
"a cst's Statements-The Charge of
Judge Cowing-Ths Verdict
or the Jury.
Most.

Most.
NEW YORK, November 29.-John Most
testified in his own behalf this morning.
He denied that he threatened the exc
Cutioner of the Anarchists in Chicago
or any one else. He addressed his hear
ers at Kraemer's Hall meeting as "Fel-
low citizens" and not Anarchists"
The speech, he said, lacked the threats
and violent language which he is
cbareed with having uttered. "On the
cry OF revenge being uttered in the
audience" he went on, Il said, not
now, capitalists are arrayed against US.
We are here to accuse, and accuse
Grinnell, Gary and the judges of
murder" He had described Powderly
as an instrument in the execution by
not taking sides with the condemned
men. He was not sure, he said, that
be would give ten years of his life to
know the haDgman, and that he would
strangle him He had never said that
for every man killed in Chicago 500
would be slaughtered.
Most said he was Communistic An
archist, and assumed the oratorical
STYLE which had distinguished the first
half of his direct testimony, when Mr..
NIcoll, in cross examination; asked him
to state his views.
I'VE do not fight against any particu-
lar government" said Most. I'VE do
not especially fight the government of
the United ates. We are opposed to
government as such. We think the
power held by the government should
be abolished" Most said, 1.-The ruling
classes we're in rebellion. and it was
possible that even what the people had,
the Constitution of the United States
would be taken away" His motto was,
Education for organization, OrganiZa
ton TO put down the rebellion OF the
capitalistic class. We do not expecI
that the capitslistic class Will give up
what they nave peaceably; there will
be fierce fighting on both Sides"
Bombs and dynamite?" asked Mr..
Nicoll.
Eyes, on both sides.'
Your idea is to conquer, peaceably
if Won can; by force if you must?"
THAT is history. We believe that
force will be necessary in time"
Most said that he was imprisoned for
treason, in Austria, in 1869, and again
in 1870; he was imprisoned in Germany
in 1872, for calling the Emperor a
slaugnterer, and sentenced again for
speech made in Berlin, in 1881; he was
sentenced in England to eighteen
months imprisonment for applsuding
the killing OF the Gar. He declined 20
answer whether he believed modern
explosives were necessary to carry out
his ideas; whether he had advised
nI
OF the manufacture of explosives;
all electric battery be used at
distance to explode dynamite;
whether be had said that for an explo-
sion in crowd a shell is best to pro-
duce speedy results, whether he had
said that gaspipe with screw caps will
produce brilliant results; whether he
had advised that fruit jar be filled
with benzine, in which a medicine glass
filled with powder, tightly closed and
having a fuse, be placed and that, on
bursting, fiery benzine would be
scattered. Witness grew greatly ex-
cited when these questions were asked,
and declined to answer. He said,
vehemently: What have they to do
with my speech at Kraemer's Hall?"
But the Judge in each case allowed the
question.
The prosecution offered in evidence
the previous indictment of Nest,
and the record of the trial and convic-
ton to show that the book on the Art
of Revolutionary Warfare" was not in
trJduced in the evidence of the Most
trial. This ended the evidence and the
arguments of counsel followed, occupy
ing two hours.
Judge Cowing, in his charge to the
Jury. said that Most was not to be tried
for his past life, but for his speech at
Kraemer's Hall. Our love OF free
speech and freedom of the press" he
continued, has made US do away with
many restrictions. Free speech does
not mean that an individual has right
to SANDER his ne1ghbor or to incite riot.
W. do not tolerate license. We en-
courage freedom. We marvel that
in this country, where everyone
is so free that there should be such men
as Anarchists, and ask what more DO
they want. Revolutions have come
from injustice. but never from justice"
After going over the testimony care
fully, be said that be failed to find any
thing in the speech of Most, as he gave
at the trial, that came within the
statute.
The jury went out at $50 I'm. o'clock.
GUILTY.
LATER.-The jury in the Most case
came into the courtroom at 10 O'Clock
and rendered verdict of guilty.
Monday next was fixed to hear the
arguments on the motion for new
trial.